calefactory

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adjective

warming

Similar
common housewarming housewarming roompisalispyralecalefactivehot
OriginLatin calefactorius →
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Meanings

calefactory1

adjectivecalefactory (comparative more calefactory, superlative most calefactory)

comparative more calefactory · superlative most calefactory

  1. warming

calefactory2

nouncalefactory (plural calefactories)

plural calefactories

  1. architectureThe room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.

    Synonyms: common house, warming house, warming room, pisalis, pyrale

  2. A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.

Similar
common housewarming housewarming roompisalispyrale

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveserving to heat

Similar
calefactivehot
Also see
calefactivecommon househotpisaliswarming room

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

calefactory · adjective

  1. Latincalefactorius
  2. Englishcalefactory

* Borrowed from Latin calefactorius.

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calefactory · noun

  1. Medieval Latincalefactorium
  2. Englishcalefactory

* Borrowed from Medieval Latin calefactorium.

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Translations

Bulgarian стоплящ, затоплящ
  • стоплящ (stopljašt)warming
  • затоплящ (zatopljašt)warming
  • отоплителен (otoplitelen)warming
Catalan calefactori
  • calefactoriwarming room
Dutch calefactorium
  • calefactoriumwarming room
French caléfactoire, chauffoir
  • caléfactoirewarming
  • chauffoirwarming room
  • caléfactoirewarming room
German Wärmestube, Kalefaktorium
  • Wärmestubewarming room
  • Kalefaktoriumwarming room
Italian calefattorio
  • calefattoriowarming room
Latin calefactorius, calefactorium
  • calefactoriuswarming
  • calefactoriumwarming room
Spanish calefactorio
  • calefactoriowarming room
Swedish calefactorium
  • calefactoriumwarming room

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with calefactory

factorysatisfactoryunsatisfactoryrefractoryolfactorymanufactoryactorycharacteryenactorylactarysubolfactory
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Cite this entry
APA

calefactory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calefactory

MLA

“calefactory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calefactory. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calefactory,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calefactory.

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